Chapter 548: Gravity Of The Situation (1/2)

Lin Mu was already at the edge of the next level of the Mortal strengthening scripture and thus even eating this one herb was enough to push him to the next level. But it was not enough to fully complete the process.

While the brown armor was cracked, it would take more earth attribute herbs to reform it. Lin Mu thus picked up another earth attribute herb which was a flower with six petals. Each petal was curled up as if it was shy and a small cloud of earth attribute spirit Qi surrounded it.

Lin Mu put it in his mouth and chewed, spreading the juices in his mouth. Unlike the bitter root he had eaten before, this flower was slightly sweet in taste but overall it was bland. This eased Lin Mu's expression as he swallowed it down completely.

~Shua~

The medicinal properties surged through his stomach as they were taken up by his meridians under the guidance of the Mortal Strengthening scripture. The earth attribute spirit Qi seeped out of his skin, forming into a new layer.

This layer was very thin, as if it was silk. It was still brown but its color had gotten a bit lighter. If it was brown like soil before, now it was light brown like clay. It also didn't have any patterns on it.

It looked very plain, as if someone had painted a layer on Lin Mu's skin. The layer kept on growing in thickness as more and more earth attribute spirit Qi kept on pouring in it. Lin Mu thought he had already reached the fifth level of the Mortal strengthening scripture, but now it seemed different.

”Senior, is it supposed to be like this?” Lin Mu questioned.

”Different people have different effects with the mortal strengthener scripture. Since you already have an affinity to the earth element, I think the skill is needing more earth attribute spirit Qi to make it better.

You already have plenty of earth attitude herbs and pills, you may as well use them and see the effect.” Xukong suggested.

Lin Mu nodded his head and reckoned that it was fine. He thus started to eat more of the earth attributive herbs one by one. The more of them he ate, the thicker the layer got. It reached a point where the layer was over six inches thick! Lin Mu couldn't even be seen beneath it, and it seemed like someone had covered him in a mound of clay.

Once Lin Mu ran out of all the earth attribute herbs, he got to the alchemical pills. Now there were many pills in this. Most were of a lower quality than the Dark Soil pill that Lin Mu had eaten before, but there were seven pills that were of the same quality as that of the Dark Soil pill!

Lin Mu first finished off the lower quality pills and saw that the brown layer was now starting to condense. A strange gravity like force emanated from Lin Mu's body as it started to pull on the layer.

~DENG~

~DENG~

~DENG~

Each time the layer compressed, it was as if someone was hitting a bronze bell. When Lin Mu had finished all of the lower quality pills, the thickness of the layer had been reduced by half and was about three inches thick now.

Lin Mu then looked at a set of pills that were kept in individual bottles. Each of these pills was equivalent to the Dark Soil pill and were immensely powerful. Usually, a Nascent soul realm cultivator or higher would use them, but here was Lin Mu, about to eat them like candy.